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Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with her EU counterparts to help (a) improve the accessibility and (b) increase the use of UK blue parking badges in the EU.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with her EU counterparts to help (a) improve the accessibility and (b) increase the use of UK blue parking badges in the EU.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport has ongoing discussions with individual countries regarding continued recognition of the UK Blue Badge across the European Union (EU).

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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